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yes good call coffeeandacig! it looks similar the pinky ring Carmelo Diaz is wearing on his right hand.. but with all that jewelry he is not wearing a watch..so vintage Japanese 50s 60s could be something to look for.

Originally Posted by coffeeandacig

That ring looks like a pinky ring. Remember the movie "Goodfellas", all the male characters wore pinky rings. The band on that watch probably isn't the original. I'd say it's more likely from the 1950s or 60s when Japanese movements were gaining after WW2.
If I'm right about the pinky ring...Carmelo Diaz (posted above by madamx- post #17) seems to be sporting quite a handful of rings. http://nypdnews.com/2017/04/missing-person-bronx-37/

oh wow great find Gardener1850 I think your on to something here!!!!!!!!!!!img_18138[1].jpeg

Silver Alert
Notification issued on 5/4/11 at 10 PM. The NYPD has issued a Missing Senior Notification for Francisco Mendez a Male, Hispanic, age 84. He was last seen near Melrose st and Bushwick Avenue. He is described as 5'8" 150 lbs, wearing a red flannel shirt, blue jeans, black shoes and a black baseball cap.Watch and a ring with a black stone on it
Kings County, New York
84 year old white hispanic/latino male

yeah I know what you mean..And there ARE so many old men missing in Bronx and Brooklyn its weird too. I wish they would give out more info on how AGED is AGED.. and any info on the carpet might help too..

Originally Posted by Gardener1850

So many people this could be. I hope his family recognizes the jewelry. The ring seems very old and custom made.

I used to manage a building on this block - this street is known for drug problems - cannot count the amount of incidents we had that attracted Yonkers police and even FBI attention. I would bet good money that this UID will not be anyone listed in any MP database, will be a male in his 50s - 60s, Hispanic, involved in the drug world.

I am not sure why that article from July said he was identified and as white... as this article below just came out yesterday - Identified and LE are appealing for information.

Yonkers police ID skeletal remains discovered over the summer

Yonkers police identified the remains as middle-aged Westchester man Michael Newman, also known as Michael Nuwnen, but nothing else is known at this point.

Police are still investigating the circumstances around his death and how his remains ended up in a rolled up carpet outside of 165 Bruce Ave.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to call (914) 377-7724 and reference case #2017-062205. All calls are confidential. The public can also send an anonymous tips via text message by texting the key word YPD plus the tip to 847411.

Newman's remains were discovered on June 5. In the middle of June, police released pictures of jewelry that were found with the remains.